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Alfra Martini may not be a name you’ve heard before, but he’s the hero we didn’t know we needed. Alfra created “The Kitten Covers,” which his twitter bio says are “albums from a world dominated by kittens.” Alfra is taking famous album covers and making them better with kittens! You can find even more covers […] More

Like most kittens, Bettie Bee is adorable. She’s tiny – weighing in at just over half a pound, her meow is more of a whispered “eee!,” and you want nothing more than to scoop her up and hold her all day long. But there’s something unique about Bettie Bee. She’s not like most other kittens. […] More

Despite weak evidence supporting the efficacy of chiropractors (and no evidence supporting treatment of non-musculoskeletal conditions), there are over 45,000 chiropractors in the United States alone, who collectively earn about $3 billion annually. A chiropractor specializes in cracking bones “correcting vertebral subluxations” in your back, despite subluxations not being an actual thing. A chiropractor is […] More

We often hear ads trying to sell us a product to “boost” our immune systems. Magazines offer “9 Power Foods That Boost Immunity” and Dr. Oz has a list of “14 Natural Immunity Boosters.” Even Food Babe talks about how to “boost” your immune system naturally (spoiler alert: she loves turmeric). And on the surface […] More

The votes are in, and here are your top 10 finalists from our 2017 Christmas Cat photo competition! Be sure to vote for your favorites, and share with your friends to get more votes! If you missed the original competition, you can see all 124 contestants on the contest page! And if you really need […] More

You’re here to look at Christmas cats. So do I even need to write anything here? No, I do not. Because you’re not going to read anything, you only want to look at the cats. So look at the pretty kitties. ALL of them! And be sure to upvote your favorites, and you can even […] More

By Rafi Letzter | Popular Science Some people just don’t like cats. That’s okay. Some people don’t like pizza. Or dogs. Or Harry Potter. But some cat-haters aren’t satisfied with not owning cats themselves. They need to drag the rest of us down with them. The first thing you notice when you dig around in […] More

Cats are undoubtedly great, but do they ever do things that make you wonder what they’re thinking? Here, we’ve collected some of our favorite cat memes that make us say… What?! Just this morning, one of my cats was playing with a box in our pantry when he got spooked by… Who knows? He takes […] More

The 2017 funny wildlife photo winners have been announced by Comedy Wildlife, and they are the best things we’ve seen all day year! The awards were started to bring attention to wildlife conservation by creating conversations about funny animal pictures. The website promotes the Born Free foundation, an organization that rescues animals and does outreach […] More

Skeptical Kitten’s 2017 Christmas Cat Picture Contest! We’re accepting submissions for the best Christmas cat picture of 2017! Submit your cat below, and vote on ones posted by others! To enter, you can submit up to three images, and vote up to five TEN times a day for your favorites! Be sure to remember to […] More

Meet Merlin: The Ragdoll Cat Who Is Tired Of Everything You’ve heard of Grumpycat, now get ready for… Merlin! According to his Instagram account, @MerlinRagdoll, Merlin is part Ragdoll, part Himalayan, and 100% unamused by his human’s antics. It’s my humans birthday today so to thank her for her efforts I left her a gift in […] More

We all know that cats are gods, so it makes sense that they would replace baby Jesus in nativity scenes. If it fits, they sit! After all, cats don’t care about anything but themselves, right? Here are ten cats (or Nativikitties, if you will) who just don’t care about replacing baby Jesus in their humans’ […] More